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We study the effect of a household subsidy to induce the adoption of more efficient and less polluting wood combustion technologies. We compare, through numerical simulations, several subsidy designs…
| Peer Reviewed | ChileWe estimated a hazard function for the duration of micro-enterprises after they had been subject to a public seed financing programme in southern Chile. The programme aims to encourage innovative new…
| Peer Reviewed | ChileAll environmental policies involve costs of implementation and management that are distinct from pollution sources’ abatement costs. In practice, regulators and sources usually share these…
| Peer Reviewed | ChileThis paper explores the welfare costs associated with drought plan transactions between a public municipal water agency, the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) in California in the USA and its…
| Peer Reviewed | ChileWhether embankments should be used to control floods is a question of great importance in the eastern Gangetic plain, where embankment breaches cause severe flood damage every year and huge damage due…
| Peer Reviewed | IndiaIn this paper we tested if social networks at the origin, measured by religious affiliation, can affect the out-migration decision. For this purpose, we estimated a conditional logit model and a mixed…
| Peer Reviewed | ChileObjective: To measure and explain income-related inequalities in health and health care utilization in the period 2000 - 2009 in Chile, while assessing variations within the country and determinants…
| Peer Reviewed | ChileUnderstanding the motivations behind people’s voluntary contributions to public goods is crucial for the broader issues of economic and social development. By using the experimental design of…
| Peer Reviewed | VietnamIn semi-arid highlands of northern Ethiopia, episodes of droughts of varying severity and duration occur. The occurrence of these droughts is associated mainly with the seasonal rainfall variability…
| Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaClimate change and variability severely affect rural livelihoods and agricultural productivity, yet they are causes of stress vulnerable rural households have to cope with. This paper investigated…
| Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia